The World of Bemelmans

by Ludwig Bemelmans

Memoir, Travel, Adventure, Humor

503 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Ludwig Bemelmans, Austrian-American illustrator, wrote books, such as Madeline in 1939, for children, and his experiences in the restaurant business based Hotel Splendide , adult fiction in 1940.

People internationally knew Ludwig Bemelmans, an author and a gourmand. People today most note his six publications to 1961. After his death, people discovered and posthumously published a seventh in 1999.

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Reviews

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bemelman's is justly recognized for the Madeline books, but he is so much more. And his trenchant observations about his countrymen and Americans, about tourists and locals, the state of Europe and of America in mid-century, and his dissection of class differences is done with literary style and also some of his wonderful scratchy drawings thrown in. But it is the words themselves that carry the day.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A compilation of various novels, plus a few new short stories including The Paris Underworld
Favorite quote: "I am composed of disorderly habits." .